Chapter 66: The Ambition of a True Man!

Today's First Release: Chapter 066!
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"Master Yu, you're awake?"

Yu Le had been awake for a while, but he didn't dare to move. Not long after he was brought back to Han Ying's villa in the Upper District, two people had been placed in his room.

Two women!

This was Han Ying's arrangement. True to Yu Le's supposed request, after returning last night, two charming and alluring women were arranged for him. However, since Yu Le had been completely drunk at the time, the two women had simply stripped off their clothes and fallen asleep on either side of him.

As morning broke, the two of them saw Yu Le open his eyes and immediately tried to step forward to serve him.

"Get out!"

Yu Le roared, startling the two women so much that their shoulders trembled and they were terrified.

"Haha, brother, what? Are you unsatisfied with my arrangement?"

Han Ying, dressed in flamboyant attire, pushed the door open. Zhong Li was nowhere to be seen.

With a cold face, Yu Le rejected the service of the two women nearby, dressed himself, and finally walked up to Han Ying.

"Brother Han, it's true that I, Yu Le, like women, but I will never indulge myself in a den of luxury and ease."

"Whatever I want, I will strive for myself. I don't need anyone's arrangements."

Han Ying waved his hand, dismissing the two trembling women who had fallen to their knees.

He walked up to Yu Le and said, "Don't misunderstand, brother. Didn't I promise you? Follow me, and you'll have all the women and money you could ever want."

At this, however, Yu Le shook his head.

"A man of integrity does not accept charity. I came here solely to build a career and prove that I, Yu Le, am no piece of trash. If Brother Han, you cannot help me achieve this goal, then forgive me, but I cannot follow you anymore."

"Brother, you weren't saying that when you were drunk yesterday." Han Ying looked wronged; it was clearly Yu Le who had said he liked mature women.

"Business is business. When sober, a blade in hand; when drunk, resting on a beauty's lap—that's what a real man should do, not constantly obsess over what's inside his pants!"

"Good! I really didn't misjudge you!" Han Ying patted Yu Le's shoulder with slight excitement.

"Let's go. After a good breakfast, brother will take you out to do some big things!"

Is it finally happening?

Yu Le thought with anticipation.

However, as the saying goes, the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment.

Zhong Li didn't tag along today. Instead, Han Ying brought a group of lackeys and Yu Le to a commercial street, and began... collecting protection money!

While dispatching his underlings to collect protection money, Han Ying boasted to Yu Le, "Brother, these two commercial streets are both mine. Just collecting management fees in a year is enough for an ordinary person to earn more than they could in ten lifetimes."

"Yet there are always people who refuse to obey. I used to bring Brown Bear along to keep the peace, but now that I have you, I suppose I won't need him anymore."

Yu Le looked at him calmly and said, "This must have been given to you by your younger brother, right?"

Han Ying's smile froze on his face. His initial joy vanished completely, and he walked away looking somewhat angry.

Yu Le followed behind. The two walked one after the other in total silence.

Until they reached the end of the commercial street, Han Ying took out a pack of cigarettes, lit one, and tossed it to Yu Le.

Yu Le didn't stand on ceremony. The two of them simply sat down on a flight of two steps, smoking cigarette after cigarette.

"Yu Le, do you think I'm happy?" Han Ying broke the silence first.

"Happiness is an abstract concept. You only know if you're happy by making comparisons."

Han Ying grew interested: "Compare with what?"

Yu Le thought for a moment: "Have you ever been to the Ash Stronghold?"

"You mean that place where the riff-raff live? I've been there. Gloomy and utterly boring."

"The life you live is beyond the reach of the people there. So in their eyes, you are happy, even though they wish they could skin you alive. But if given the chance to swap identities with you, out of a hundred people, a hundred and one would flock to it eagerly."

"So you think I'm happy?" Han Ying asked again.

Yu Le shook his head: "I said, it requires comparison."

"Although I don't know what kind of life the residents of the Upper District live, I do know that in this society, having the bigger fist is the absolute truth. And you..."

Yu Le turned his head, sized Han Ying up for a moment, and shook his head.

Han Ying's face instantly flushed red: "Spell it out for me, what's wrong with me?"

"In the eyes of the truly elite, you're nothing more than a piece of trash living off your brother's dividends, only able to throw your weight around by relying on the lackeys under your command. Other people borrow power from mighty forces, but you borrow power from a pack of dogs!"

Hearing Yu Le's blunt words, Han Ying's face twisted in agony. He wanted to get angry, but also felt somewhat deflated.

It finally turned into impotent rage: "You know, if anyone else dared to say that to me, his corpse would be floating in the moat by tomorrow."

"Truth hurts, doesn't it? Everyone's like that," Yu Le said indifferently.

Looking at Yu Le's back, Han Ying surprisingly didn't get angry.

"Then tell me, what can a piece of trash like me do?"

"There are plenty of things you can do, it just depends on whether you're willing to do them."

"Give me specifics. Surely you're not going to tell me to go demon-hunting?" Han Ying joked.

"I'm not afraid of a rich second-generation heir indulging in wine and women; I'm afraid of a rich second-generation heir acting on a sudden whim. Brother Han, I'm afraid you won't like what I have to say."

"Speak! I'm telling you to speak!" Han Ying said seriously.

"Alright. Since your brother can create the Black Bear Guild, why can't you build a faction of your own?"

A flash of ruthlessness crossed Han Ying's eyes: "Are you trying to drive a wedge between my brother and me?"

"You're overthinking it. If you want people to respect you, your own fists have to be hard enough."

"But you clearly know my fists aren't hard enough!"

"As long as you have money, that's fine. Haven't you heard the saying: as long as you hold grain in your hand, the chickens will follow you?"

Hearing this novel metaphor, Han Ying grew a bit more interested. He got up and sat on the same step as Yu Le, asking, "What do you mean?"

Yu Le turned his head: "You have the Black Bear Guild as your backing. Instead of doing those third-rate things every day, why not use such resources to grow big and strong? Who says a boss must have overwhelming personal strength? Personal charisma is sometimes a skill too."

"And then?" Han Ying suddenly found a sense of direction in life.

"There aren't that many 'thens'. Since the Black Bear Guild belongs to your brother, it belongs to you as well. Whatever you do is for your brother's own good. Instead of wasting time on those boring things, don't you want to achieve a real career? Even if you fail in the end, at least you tried. What if you succeed? Wouldn't you be able to help your brother then?"

"You could even build a faction even more powerful than the Black Bear Guild, and let those who used to look down on you see that you are not useless!"

"Isn't this a process of proving your own self-worth?"

Han Ying's gaze began to drift as he muttered, "Can I... do it?"

"I don't know, but at least you have me by your side."

These words gave Han Ying tremendous confidence.

It was hard to imagine that Yu Le, whose inherent personality was content with mediocrity, would one day instigate a good-for-nothing to build a career.

Yet Yu Le knew that if he didn't arouse this guy's ambition, even if he managed to infiltrate the inside of the Black Bear Guild, he would only be an outsider. Was he really supposed to spend every day walking dogs and hunting falcons with Han Ying?

In an instant, Han Ying's grand ambitions were ignited—or rather, he had always possessed those desires, but previously he only had the people sent by Han Xiong to protect him around him.

There had been no one like Yu Le to tear open his scars.

Whatever he wanted to do, he would always be met with constraints!

Yet, after acting tough for a moment, Han Ying slumped back down to the ground, dejected: "It won't work. Even if I can leverage my brother's influence, the factions in the Upper District have already carved everything up. Where is there any cake left for me to share?"

"Heh, isn't there still the Lower District?" Yu Le said calmly.

"The Lower District? That's just a place where a bunch of pariahs who couldn't make it into the Upper District live. What's the point?"

Yu Le looked at him: "I'm from the Lower District too."

Han Ying put his arm around his shoulders and said, "But you follow me now, so from now on, you have nothing to do with the Lower District."

Yu Le shook his head: "From what I understand, the Upper District houses twenty percent of Fengcheng's entire population. Families and factions are entrenched there, controlling over ninety percent of Fengcheng's resources. Meanwhile, the Lower District houses eighty percent of Fengcheng's population, yet every single one of them struggles just to get enough to eat."

"The awakening of Martial Destiny pays no attention to family backgrounds. People like me, or people like Zhong Li, are everywhere in the Lower District. What they lack is simply enough cultivation resources."

"To give an example, recruiting a fellow Awakened in the Upper District costs millions, but in the Lower District, as long as you give them a little bit of food, they're even willing to risk their lives for you!"

"When there are more people around you willing to risk their lives for you, is rising from the Lower District to the Upper District really that difficult?"

"What they lack is simply an opportunity, and you happen to be able to give them that opportunity."

Han Ying's thoughts gradually became clear. Instead of indulging in a den of luxury as he usually would at this time, he led his strategist Yu Le toward the Lower District!

A day later, a brand new gang was established in the Lower District, named: Ying Le Gang!